Chapter 1 - The Creature

Kagome was relaxing on a rock in the hot springs, but still had clothes nearby just in case if the guys came. Sango had some bad wounds and the water stung them. Kagome also had some wounds, but they were little. The water was colored crimson around them.

"Miroku?!" screamed Inu Yasha.

"Just a peek Inu Yasha. You know you want to."

"I'm not like you Miroku. I don't go after every girl I see."

"Are you sure??" Inu Yasha grabbed a rock and threw it at Miroku.

"Woa. This is relaxing," said Kagome sinking deeper in the stream.

"I know just how you feel," answered Sango. The girls stayed there for quite a long time. Then Sango noticed that the water around Kagome was becoming too red.

"Kagome, where did all the blood come from?" she asked.

"Huh? Oh my god. Its not mine."

"Nor mine."

"DEMONS!" both of the girls screamed and went out of the water to get their weapons.

"Did you hear that?" asked Inu Yasha concerned.

"Sango and Kagome!" said Miroku and they rushed towards the water, to find the girls standing naked on the edge of the water with their weapons drawn out.

"AAH," both of the girls ran in the water when they saw Miroku and Inu Yasha.

"You know, I'd rather face the demons than show myself naked to Miroku and Inu Yasha again," whispered Kagome.

"Me too," agreed Sango.

"What demons?" asked Inu Yasha and took his Tessaiga out.

"Look at all the blood Inu Yasha," pointed out Miroku.

"Get out of here you two!" yelled the girls while throwing rocks at them. After that Inu Yasha and Miroku went back to the campfire but ready to run back any second.

At the same time the two girls put on their clothes and started to swim upwards to the river to find where the blood came from. They got to a beautiful waterfall but they were concentrated on the rock in the middle of the pond. It was full of blood and that was where all the blood came from. Then Kagome felt a strange feeling as if there were Jewel Shards, but they were dark, no… it fainted. There was a shadow underneath Kagome she got scared and told Sango, but when Sango looked, it disappeared.

"Kagome?" Sango asked Kagome for an answer, but instead she saw a body emerge from the bloody waters. It looked so much like Inu Yasha, but was wearing a black kimono instead. All the blood on the back, the ripped cloth, and part of the white hair seemed to be covering some kind of scar.

"Inu Yasha. You Bastard," then Kagome dived and picked up a small rock. When she got up, what looked like Inu Yasha howled. The girls got scared and Kagome dropped the rock in the water. The demon heard the noise and looked back at them. The red eyes were piercing through the white hair that covered his face. The black kimono was all ripped up. The wounds started to bleed more. Then the demon hissed and revealed its fangs. Kagome screamed, making the demon hiss again, but this time even louder and more threatening than before.

"Kagome!" yelled out Inu Yasha, running off to the rescue. The howl of the demon made Sango freeze stiff in the water. Kagome started to swim towards the shore.

"Sango c'mon," she yelled back for her friend.

"I…I can't move," Inu Yasha and Miroku arrived just on time to see Sango standing motionless in the bloody waters. The demon disturbed by their sudden appearance hissed at them just before disappearing in a fog.

"Kagome what was that?" asked Miroku.

"I don't know. But it looks like its howl put Sango under a spell," she answered.

"What?!" asked Inu Yasha very surprised, while watching Miroku dive in the waters to get Sango.

"Yes. She just froze there in the water. But what I don't get is how come it didn't put me under the spell too," Kagome explained.

"Sango?" Miroku talked to her right after he pulled her out of the water. "She is not breathing."

"Sango?" Kagome went up to her all worried. "Are you OK?"

"Where did all the blood come from? That thing?" asked Miroku.

"It seems so," said Kagome.

"Are you OK Kagome?" asked Inu Yasha very concerned. "What do you think you are doing going away like that not telling us where you went? HUH?? I... we thought something might have happened. You are lucky we came or that thing would have killed you."

"Inu Yasha?" asked Kagome.

"What?" he asked stubbornly.

"Thank you."

"Feh," Kagome giggled at Inu Yasha's response.

"Hey," said Miroku softly as Sango got back to normal. Then suddenly, time stopped for her. Miroku looked kind of cute all worried. Then he smiled and helped her sit up. "You girls better take those clothes off," and as soon as he finished the sentence Sango slapped him. "I meant it because of the blood!"